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iain m banks has some great names... temeraire Send a noteboard - 19/09/2010 04:52:49 PM
my favorite being the high lady sharrow (i named my dog after her). his ship names are excellent. some of them are unpronounceable too though, and leave much to be desired... but generally i love them...

grrm has some nice names, but also some annoying ones. the use of the letter q (which makes me read it as uvular stop, as in ipa) always pisses me off because i get distracted trying to pronounce the names instead of reading on :-P qhorin, qyburn, qo'horik. more like q'annoying. :P

rj's names are ok, but the intended pronunciation gets ridiculous sometimes and i just go with whatever i think it should sound like. well... i do that whenever that happens, actually.

i vaguely remember i didn't like erikson's names much. i also can't stand his writing, so i can't quote them since i only read 1/4 of gardens of the moon. (too disparate, couldn't follow the story because every time you almost understand what's happening he jumps to somewhere else entirely; i got pissed off and quit.)

pratchett and gaiman tend to have very nice names that you feel good about... they're more homey or something. :)
"it's like the real world, except there's dragons!"

cw, you are missed...
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Good names - 19/09/2010 11:25:23 AM 1376 Views
eyjafjallajökull? - 19/09/2010 01:16:49 PM 800 Views
Yes, that one is quite evil - 19/09/2010 01:19:16 PM 872 Views
Hmm. - 19/09/2010 02:03:49 PM 830 Views
Awww - 19/09/2010 02:06:44 PM 968 Views
It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:12:23 PM 786 Views
Re: It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:14:36 PM 791 Views
Re: It makes sense for him, though. - 19/09/2010 02:19:07 PM 850 Views
sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:40:35 PM 701 Views
Re: sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:42:45 PM 733 Views
Re: sorry to keep nitpicking - 19/09/2010 02:44:32 PM 785 Views
Mat and Elayne and Thom are pretty recognizable as English names *NM* - 19/09/2010 04:32:20 PM 356 Views
Some Dutch girl's names are lovely. - 19/09/2010 04:20:57 PM 816 Views
Yeah, he once said that - 19/09/2010 08:47:05 PM 770 Views
But it's spelled Elena or Yelena in the Roman alphabet, surely. - 19/09/2010 04:14:46 PM 885 Views
I know the example I quoted is spelt that way - 19/09/2010 04:19:56 PM 761 Views
I actually rather like David Eddings' names. - 19/09/2010 02:26:52 PM 960 Views
Re: I actually rather like David Eddings' names. - 19/09/2010 02:28:30 PM 750 Views
Me too - 20/09/2010 03:01:02 PM 841 Views
Nynaeve ("Neigh-neev" ) - 19/09/2010 02:45:22 PM 850 Views
Re: Nynaeve ("Neigh-neev" ) - 19/09/2010 02:49:53 PM 836 Views
Funny, I hate the "neigh-neev" pronunciation. - 19/09/2010 04:29:14 PM 890 Views
me too - 19/09/2010 06:31:11 PM 700 Views
Re: Funny, I hate the "neigh-neev" pronunciation. - 19/09/2010 06:45:54 PM 880 Views
Mild-may-your-sufferings-be-at-the-hands-of-the-wicked. - 19/09/2010 04:18:31 PM 832 Views
That is very cool. *NM* - 19/09/2010 04:21:49 PM 334 Views
I just looked up that book series... - 20/09/2010 05:24:11 PM 822 Views
Quite a bit. - 21/09/2010 12:04:51 AM 792 Views
It's fantastic. *NM* - 21/09/2010 04:02:16 PM 365 Views
iain m banks has some great names... - 19/09/2010 04:52:49 PM 778 Views
I was grumbling to myself about his names last night - 19/09/2010 04:56:44 PM 871 Views
That's a fairly silly stance, you know. - 19/09/2010 05:04:22 PM 947 Views
I don't know - 19/09/2010 05:08:29 PM 754 Views
I've always been quite impressed by Anomander Rake. - 19/09/2010 10:05:10 PM 738 Views
That is a good name, I agree. - 19/09/2010 10:18:37 PM 668 Views
The ships in the Culture do have the BEST names. *NM* - 20/09/2010 07:13:45 PM 363 Views
A Song of Ice and Fire tends to have good names. Grounded, but just exotic enough. *NM* - 20/09/2010 06:14:13 AM 343 Views
+1 *NM* - 20/09/2010 05:11:58 PM 326 Views
Hands down winner is Zaphod Beeblebrox. *NM* - 20/09/2010 03:56:58 PM 364 Views
So true *NM* - 20/09/2010 04:00:06 PM 326 Views
I don't know who has the best names overall, but I'll always love the name Bellatrix Lestrange. - 20/09/2010 07:12:18 PM 797 Views
That is a very good one. - 20/09/2010 07:13:42 PM 751 Views

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